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A documentary portrait of storm chaser Reed Timmer, who was an inspiration for Glen Powell’s character in Twisters.
Transcript
00:03I want to get close to a tornado because everyone's different in its own way.
00:08You can actually see signs in motion. It's incredible.
00:21Whoa!
00:23We're meteorology majors!
00:24I don't care what you are, you're crazy!
00:27Reed was very afraid of thunderstorms when he was a toddler.
00:33But a fear became obsession.
00:39Whoo!
00:42We gotta go!
00:44This is a dangerous situation. It's gonna be a big tornado.
00:48We're out! All right, we just ripped the hood off.
00:50He is successful because he goes to that event horizon.
00:57I think people are worried that getting that close to tornadoes is dangerous.
01:02Are you kidding me?
01:04We're very close, the two of them!
01:06No!
01:08Survival is still the number one priority, of course.
01:11About to get rocks up here!
01:14There has been a little bit of pushback on our storm chasing mission from the beginning.
01:17I think.
01:22Reed Timmer was not contributing to windstorm science.
01:27Learning more about tornadoes will help save lives.
01:33I can love everything about the experience.
01:37The Marines! Look out!
01:39And at the same time feel the immense pain at the devastation.
01:45He is the best to ever do it.
01:49Even the best can have a bad day.
01:53Never stop chasing.
01:55He's the embodiment of those three words.
02:01That's what he was set on this earth to do.
02:11Oh my God! Look at this!
02:14Windows get stuck!
02:16Oh!
02:17This is a digging edge!
02:18Go, go, go!
02:23Go, go, go!
02:25No!
02:27No!
02:28No!
02:29No!
02:33No!
02:34No!
02:34No!
02:34You
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